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if one state they should vote on it i don't think it's a civil rights issue. >> state to state married in one state and. marriage equality has to be national. >> bill: i love this marriage equality. see that can extend out to other groups than other than homosexuals. if you want marriage equality then it's got to be a free fire zone that anybody who wants to get married. triads and. >> there is a push for triads. >> i like the word equality. >> bill: it's a cliche that you guys put out there. >> that's what the parlance is right now. >> bill: if you are going to be a good liberal, colmes, you have to extend equality to everyone. not just selected groups. so marriage equality then encompasses everybody. one issue is demographics is changing. younger group even republicans hear less about some of these social issues. >> they don't care about the issue. would you agree with that? younger americans not a priority for them? >> i think so. what you saw in the 2008 election cycle is barack obama won them by like 70%. now they are essentially locked into voting democrat maybe for the rest of t
if one state they should vote on it i don't think it's a civil rights issue. >> state to state married in one state and. marriage equality has to be national. >> bill: i love this marriage equality. see that can extend out to other groups than other than homosexuals. if you want marriage equality then it's got to be a free fire zone that anybody who wants to get married. triads and. >> there is a push for triads. >> i like the word equality. >> bill: it's a cliche...
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rights division within the doj when it comes to enforcing civil rights laws and equally when the defendant in the case is black, and the victim in the case is white, and in particular, that existed under mr. perez's civil rights division. >> no, actually the black-- the new black panther party case was resolved before mr. perez joined the justice department. >> sean: and i'm telling you what the inspector general reviewed. >> the inspector general reviewed whether or not there was conflict in that division. yes, there was. there was conflict between careerists and political appointees. >> sean: he's a radical's radical and-- >> come on, that's not content. >> radical, radical, radical, buzz, buzz, buzz, that's not content. what does he stand for, stood for workers. >> sean: jay. >> he stands for what george soros stands for. this guy nominated to be the secretary of labor and perez is in fact-- several of those he was on funded by george soros. the fact of the matter is not particularly just the case of the new black panther party, it's the pervasive display that took place inside of the j
rights division within the doj when it comes to enforcing civil rights laws and equally when the defendant in the case is black, and the victim in the case is white, and in particular, that existed under mr. perez's civil rights division. >> no, actually the black-- the new black panther party case was resolved before mr. perez joined the justice department. >> sean: and i'm telling you what the inspector general reviewed. >> the inspector general reviewed whether or not there...
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. >>> this week marks the 48th anniversary of the third and decisive civil rights march from selma to montgomery, alabama. harry belafonte recruited tony bennett to march with him it happened has marchers tried to cross the bridge, known as bloody sunday. the message of civil rights still permeates today. >> selma was different, that they were willing to kill, bomb, burn, destroy, so to ask our people to go there was a whole different game. >> he remembers the selma to montgomery marches in 1965. 50 miles had to be covered, but the real obstacle was hate. not along at 600 marchers began on sunday, march 7th, police brutally beat them, driving them back to selma. >> when bloody selma happened and then dr. king decided to march again after it, what was the mood? >> the mood was the mood was rebellious. the question is, what do we do in the face of this kind of rage and this kind of mayhem. the bottom line was that we go back as often as necessary. >> belafonte, enlisted by dr. king to bring artists into the movement, convinced the likes of joan baez, paul newman and marlon brando, but o
. >>> this week marks the 48th anniversary of the third and decisive civil rights march from selma to montgomery, alabama. harry belafonte recruited tony bennett to march with him it happened has marchers tried to cross the bridge, known as bloody sunday. the message of civil rights still permeates today. >> selma was different, that they were willing to kill, bomb, burn, destroy, so to ask our people to go there was a whole different game. >> he remembers the selma to...
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i think civil marriage, heterosexual or homosexual marriage, it's about legal rights. it's about rights and responsibilities. marriage, i think for us takes more religious context. so if you want to be married sack recommend sacrementall or have it blessed, get married. if you're jewish, get married in your temple p.m. but then everyone is on the same playing field. those who want to be married or be blessed do that. >> all right. there is another thing, you know, we've talked a lot about this also which is priests marrying. 66% of americans who are catholic believe that priests should be allowed to mayor rich. you talked about this. you're in an order that would not do that even if the pope were to say priests can marry, right? so there is a distinction here. but apparently he said, this is just for the moment i'm in favor of maintaining celibacy. it is a matter of discipline, not faith. it can change. for the moment and not a matter of faith. that seems like a huge thing to say. >> it is huge because we haven't heard a pope say that before. even previously. so he sai
i think civil marriage, heterosexual or homosexual marriage, it's about legal rights. it's about rights and responsibilities. marriage, i think for us takes more religious context. so if you want to be married sack recommend sacrementall or have it blessed, get married. if you're jewish, get married in your temple p.m. but then everyone is on the same playing field. those who want to be married or be blessed do that. >> all right. there is another thing, you know, we've talked a lot about...
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his record at civil rights division and haven't talked about his position on amnesty. >> greta: nice to see you. >> thanks, greta. >> greta: and congress tries to force a vote on president obama's 2014 budget. oh, wait, there is no 2014 president obama budget. the president missed a deadline set by law to submit the plan. but g.o.p. wanted to set up a vote on a blank piece of paper. the congressman joins us, what happened? >> we'll find out later tonight. we offered 34 pages of question marks and you can't offer a blank piece of paper. but in order for an amendment, you have 35 pages and numbers filled in. you look at paul ryan's, the numbers are filled in. we didn't have numbers so we put question marks. >> greta: i find it appalling when people can't meet deadlines. he missed february 4th deadline. he said late march and that's not happening and now april. and totally to me it's such disregard with the law when the law said that. he's not the first one. many presidents before him have blown off this deadline, nonetheless-- >> actually the first president ever. >> greta: to be last,
his record at civil rights division and haven't talked about his position on amnesty. >> greta: nice to see you. >> thanks, greta. >> greta: and congress tries to force a vote on president obama's 2014 budget. oh, wait, there is no 2014 president obama budget. the president missed a deadline set by law to submit the plan. but g.o.p. wanted to set up a vote on a blank piece of paper. the congressman joins us, what happened? >> we'll find out later tonight. we offered 34...
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civil rights here. maybe the other side think this is a stand for freedoms and opportunity and they have a different frame on universal values. in politics, you're never going to find enough of a mosaic to elect you, at least not statewide or nationwide. this is about human rights and civil rights and they know that and why rob portman is talking this way. >> let's shift gears and review the latest from congresswoman michele bachmann. >> the american people, especially vulnerable women, vulnerable children, vulnerable senior citizens now get to pay more and they get less. that's why we're here. we're saying let's repeal this failure before it early lil kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens. let's not do that. let's love people. let's care about people. let's repeal it now while we can. >> kill and love. wow. richard, this is the latest salvo on a dead issue, so to speak. other than base politics, what is congresswoman bachmann possibly up to with such a dramatic speech. >> i thought she was
civil rights here. maybe the other side think this is a stand for freedoms and opportunity and they have a different frame on universal values. in politics, you're never going to find enough of a mosaic to elect you, at least not statewide or nationwide. this is about human rights and civil rights and they know that and why rob portman is talking this way. >> let's shift gears and review the latest from congresswoman michele bachmann. >> the american people, especially vulnerable...
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and civil rights. he said to all of them, i agree with all of your positions. i want all of your things. but i have to tell you something, i'm not going to be able to do it. and i'm not going to do it. you're going to have to make me do it. he said that to them, make me do it. so fellow americans, that's our job. if we are calling ourselves citizens, that means we are participants in democracy. it is not that they sit back and they sit in some hall some place. we are the ones in charge. they are our servant. they are there to serve us. if they don't hear from us, then you know, who is going to win out are the money people. the gun manufacturers, national rifle association, people that grease the palms. that's who will win out. but this is what the nra is scared about tonight and gun manufacturers. there's a lot more of us than there are of them. >> no doubt. so they won't be able to hold us hostage. let's talk about something else you're doing, because i want to get this in. first i thought you were making house party part 4 but i discovered that's not what is
and civil rights. he said to all of them, i agree with all of your positions. i want all of your things. but i have to tell you something, i'm not going to be able to do it. and i'm not going to do it. you're going to have to make me do it. he said that to them, make me do it. so fellow americans, that's our job. if we are calling ourselves citizens, that means we are participants in democracy. it is not that they sit back and they sit in some hall some place. we are the ones in charge. they...
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and if you force democrats to take a side on a civil rights issue, eventually, they're going to side on the side of freedom. so, you know, it took, you know, eight -- it took four or five years until the democratic party in general, you know, it was not acceptable to be against marriage equality. once democrats got on board, you know, it allowed -- you know, it allowed a lot of other folks to get behind it. and so, i think that if karl rove hadn't made such a big stink about it in 2004, we might not have seen, ironically, the progress we have over the last several years. >> jonathan, let's keep talking about karl rove for a second. i'll quote the president who's quoting other people, but the arc of history is long, but i believe that ben stewart is justice. karl roef almost seemed to be bending in that direction for a second, and then backtracked. what is the deal there? he was almost going to say, it is unacceptable for a republican on the national stage to be against marriage equality. and then summarily backed down from that issue. how much does that hurt the party? >> you know, i
and if you force democrats to take a side on a civil rights issue, eventually, they're going to side on the side of freedom. so, you know, it took, you know, eight -- it took four or five years until the democratic party in general, you know, it was not acceptable to be against marriage equality. once democrats got on board, you know, it allowed -- you know, it allowed a lot of other folks to get behind it. and so, i think that if karl rove hadn't made such a big stink about it in 2004, we...
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hire and train more officers instead of violating people's civil rights, and then get sued. and robert says it's definitely an overreach of the police and needs to be addressed in the courts. go to our facebook page right now and join the conversation and don't forget to like "the ed show" when you're there. we'll be right back. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley. nature at its most delicious. plus the perfecting color of a bb cream equal? introducing the newest beauty trend. total effects cc cream c for color. c for correction. [ female announcer ] fight 7 signs of aging flawlessly. cc for yourself. >>> sometimes i reflect, you know,
hire and train more officers instead of violating people's civil rights, and then get sued. and robert says it's definitely an overreach of the police and needs to be addressed in the courts. go to our facebook page right now and join the conversation and don't forget to like "the ed show" when you're there. we'll be right back. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it...
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and the marriage question, marriage equality, is a civil rights issue. and i think it has dawned on certain corners of the republican party they can no longer hold on to antiquated and perhaps bigoted views. but it is going to be tough, lawrence, as much as there is progress, there is a base that is very, very violently resisting entering into the modern era as far as this is concerned. >> and ari melber, of course what john boehner and lindsay graham and these guys who say i believe in marriage of one man and one woman, what they, of course, mean is they believe in a marriage of one man and as many women as he wants in sequence and one woman and as many men as she wants in sequence throughout her life, since, of course, they have absolutely no problem with divorce, which really upsets the old one man, one woman model. >> yeah. if you look at the demography of it, it has always been very weird that a country like the united states, which has high church attendance, but very low, you know, us is tans rates for marriage, has this sort of obsession. but i t
and the marriage question, marriage equality, is a civil rights issue. and i think it has dawned on certain corners of the republican party they can no longer hold on to antiquated and perhaps bigoted views. but it is going to be tough, lawrence, as much as there is progress, there is a base that is very, very violently resisting entering into the modern era as far as this is concerned. >> and ari melber, of course what john boehner and lindsay graham and these guys who say i believe in...
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>>> but we begin our show tonight with the historic civil rights cases that are going to be argued starting tomorrow in the united states supreme court. we now know what the ticktock will be like as far as how this gets argued. it starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern and the oral arguments in the case will last an hour. as always, there are no cameras in the courtroom. no still cameras and no video cameras. and there will be no live audio feed from the courtroom either. but we do know that the court plans to release the audio recording of the arguments not too long after they finish up tomorrow. so by this time tomorrow, right here on tomorrow night's show, we probably will have the audio tape of those arguments to play for you. the pro gay rights side of the case, the case that's arguing for striking down california's ban on gay marriage, that will be argued in part by this man, the nation's solicitor general, donnell furly. the obama administration has taken the pro gay rights side of this case, so it will be our nation's solicitor general making part of that side's oral argument. the other part
>>> but we begin our show tonight with the historic civil rights cases that are going to be argued starting tomorrow in the united states supreme court. we now know what the ticktock will be like as far as how this gets argued. it starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern and the oral arguments in the case will last an hour. as always, there are no cameras in the courtroom. no still cameras and no video cameras. and there will be no live audio feed from the courtroom either. but we do know that the...
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rights movement. also, the senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin in the court today and a legal watt that will amanda knox thought she'd won put her case backs in play. italy's supreme court as you know ordered a new trial for the killing of knox's roommate. amanda knox's lawyer joins me tonight and insists not much changed and there's misunderstanding of what's happening. he says there was no evidence. there is no evidence and there never will be evidence against his client. those stories and more at the top of the hour. >> see you in a few moments. >>> now our fifth story "out front." bright young things. that's a new ad campaign for victoria's secret pink line. officially marketed toward young women, college-aged women and some of the models look, you know what? let's be honest. more like girls and the panties being advertised by -- that is an awful word. by pink 'em blazened with words like dare you and wild and call me. that has some parents seeing red. "out front" tonight, radio host stephanie mil
rights movement. also, the senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin in the court today and a legal watt that will amanda knox thought she'd won put her case backs in play. italy's supreme court as you know ordered a new trial for the killing of knox's roommate. amanda knox's lawyer joins me tonight and insists not much changed and there's misunderstanding of what's happening. he says there was no evidence. there is no evidence and there never will be evidence against his client. those stories and...
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let's talk about charleston heston one of the first actors to be behind the civil rights movement and march. and what does jim carrey do? behind the vaccines, and of tried from measles. he's a dirty stinking coward. a moral coward. and he did a video attacking rural america, he wouldn't do a video about gangs, which kills way more people with handguns. he wouldn't do this because he's too worried about his career. he's such a pathetic, sad little freak, he's a jibbering mess. he's a modern bigot. a modern bigot. >> greta: okay. well, do you agree with greg or not? go to gretawire.com and tell us what you think about jim carrey's video. >> new clues in the death after 31-year-old man at the tampa airport. and just released video shows wolf in the moments leading up to his unexplained death. first, he's seen walking with his girlfriend through the airport at 12:31 a.m. wolf is sipping something from a small bottle and wolf claims on top of a potted plant in the airport lobby and finally the video shows wolf and his girlfriend getting on to separate elevators at 12:36 a.m. now, that is t
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. >> right. >> what is it? >> what it is is first of all we set this thing up to where we supported the shiites and the sunnis are now -- there is going to be a version of a civil war. right now, as we speak here live on cnn there is an alternate reality on another network. they are over there today saying how great it is. iraq's free. >> you mean fox. >> yes. i don't really want to, you know, disparage. >> let me read this tweet from donald rumsfeld. the iraqis deserve our respect and appreciation. >> he's a war criminal as far as i'm concerned. yor i don't understand why he, bush, cheney are walking the streets. the way they are trying to revise history saying it was a mistake or we were given bad information. say nobody sent me an e-mail or a tweet that said goldman sachs downtown right now in their basement they havethey are hold them there. i tell the police this. what will happen to me when they go down to goldman sachs and find no kids many n the basement? of course, you would think i would want to go af
. >> right. >> what is it? >> what it is is first of all we set this thing up to where we supported the shiites and the sunnis are now -- there is going to be a version of a civil war. right now, as we speak here live on cnn there is an alternate reality on another network. they are over there today saying how great it is. iraq's free. >> you mean fox. >> yes. i don't really want to, you know, disparage. >> let me read this tweet from donald rumsfeld. the...
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. >> right. >> what is it? >> what it is is -- first of all, we set this thing up to where we supported the shiites and the sewnries -- now there's going to be a version of a civil war. right now as we speak here live on cnn, there's an alternate reality taking place on another network, and they are over there today saying how great it is. iraq's free. >> you mean fox. >> i don't really want to disparage them by name. >> donald rumsfeld, ten years ago, became long difficult work, all who played a role in history deserve our respect and appreciation. >> well, he's a war criminal as far as i'm concerned. i don't understand why he, bush, cheney, wolfowitz are still walking the street. the way they are trying to revise history now is by saying, well, it was a mistake or we were given bad information. you know, let's say somebody sent a tweet to us right now or sent me an e-mail that said goldman sachs downtown right now in their basement, they have kidnapped children, and they are holding them there, and i then tel
. >> right. >> what is it? >> what it is is -- first of all, we set this thing up to where we supported the shiites and the sewnries -- now there's going to be a version of a civil war. right now as we speak here live on cnn, there's an alternate reality taking place on another network, and they are over there today saying how great it is. iraq's free. >> you mean fox. >> i don't really want to disparage them by name. >> donald rumsfeld, ten years ago, became...
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rights violations and he was screaming at the senators, i can't give you that information, we're chasing criminals. again, i know, you get a gun. >> well, michael bloomberg got permission to take armed body guards to bermuda where they don don't-- not allowed to have guns. >> and they get to have guns and neighborhoods and travel in methods they don't need a gun anyway. >> sean: what about the staereo type, the hee-haw southerner that wants a gun. there's new york, l.a., d.c. and chicago and the rest of the country, people that believe in the second amendment. freedom of speech. >> right, it's worth pointing out whenever democrats are running for office, they pretend to be those hicks. you always get the fake democrat american with hay in his hair and shooting the gun like joe manchin, yeah, yeah, doing square dances. screw you, you democrats. >> sean: right. what do you make anything of the government buying all of the ammunition they're buying, including hallow point bullets? >> it's very strange that they will not answer questions. i mean, given what we know about fast and furious and
rights violations and he was screaming at the senators, i can't give you that information, we're chasing criminals. again, i know, you get a gun. >> well, michael bloomberg got permission to take armed body guards to bermuda where they don don't-- not allowed to have guns. >> and they get to have guns and neighborhoods and travel in methods they don't need a gun anyway. >> sean: what about the staereo type, the hee-haw southerner that wants a gun. there's new york, l.a., d.c....
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that, of course, was a huge for civil rights, and this has the same kind of scope for civil rights in the u.s.. one judge to watch is anthony kennedy. he was appointed by reagan back in the 1980's, so he is a potential republican, but he has proved to be the swing vote for many important decisions by the supreme court lately. either tipping the supreme court in one direction or the other, and he is the guy who said that the supreme court was potentially entering uncharted waters, so that does not sound like a sweeping measure. then again, adhering sometimes the supreme court judges are very critical, but the outcome, the ruling in the end is very different. >> this all has to do with something called proposition 8. can you explain to us what that is exactly? >> well, it is a california measure, california law that was enacted in 2008 banning same-sex marriage just a couple of months after it was made possible. since then, this law has been overturned by several courts, but those rulings are on hold until the supreme court makes its decision. as of now, it is not possible for gays and
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attorney general they began the meeting by recalling lifelong support the civil rights movement also opined the brief was legally correct. jay stanley pottinger the assistant attorney general for civil rights argued strenuously against filing. he made three points. the brief is incoherent. no one could tell that the go standard it can change. two, the brief was profoundly misguided would damage the list for schoolchildren. there is no need to file the brief because the civil rights division are to have implement tenet standard for more than a decade. he did not notice only one of these three initially and consistent points could be right. though all three might be wrong. at the end of the meeting, my recommendation was not to file. i'd written a brief and i acquitted myself, but i can't know conker should be given to the violent. solicitor general bork also recommended not filing. that cost him a lot. he knew this would be his last chance for influence in a subject you care deeply about. but if that discouraging defiance was more important and attorney general bv agreed to solicitor
attorney general they began the meeting by recalling lifelong support the civil rights movement also opined the brief was legally correct. jay stanley pottinger the assistant attorney general for civil rights argued strenuously against filing. he made three points. the brief is incoherent. no one could tell that the go standard it can change. two, the brief was profoundly misguided would damage the list for schoolchildren. there is no need to file the brief because the civil rights division are...
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if you want to have a civil union, that's fine with me. >> if you want to have a civil union, that's fine with me. interviewing john kasich about his views on gay rights. this is a very relevant issue in ohio republican politics because ohio senator ron portman just changed his position to be in favor of gay marriage now because he has a gay son. he told this interviewer he has talked to senator portman about the issue, he does not share senator portman's view gay people ought to have equal marriage rights but he is fine with civil union, except he is apparently not fine with civil unions. he forgot he is actually against them. his office followed up with a statement that said the governor does not actually mean it. quote he may have used the term "civil union" loose lin this instance. the governor's position is unchanged. he gay marriage and changing ohio's constitution to allow for civil unions. ohio republicans banned civil unions for gay people in 2004 and john kasich supports that ban. when he said today quote if you want to have a civil union that's fine with me. he did not mea
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its is a civil rights issue. i should have a right to marry my best friend. we're taking your tweets, has htag #samesexmarriage. >> at the activities continue in front of the supreme court, if the court continues to debate same-sex marriage. from this morning's "washington journal" we had a discussion about the cases coming before the court this week. some people in california that sued trying to win it. the web before the california supreme court in 2008. it amends the state constitution to say that marriage was limited between a man and a woman. that passed by 52% in 2008. a year after that, ted olson and david boys decided to challenge it and argued that it was unconstitutional under the federal constitution. they made the big argument that there is a fundamental right to marry in the united states and that it is an equal right, you cannot tonight to lesbians and gays. they will in a court in san francisco, the ninth circuit, and now the defenders of proposition 8 have appealed to the supreme court. that is a case they are going to hear today. host: the ni
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this cannot be right in a civilized society. >> first of all, piers, it's not that i oppose the ban. what i do support is a more healthy debate about the ban, and whatever our legislature, whether state or federal, comes out with, i will support. i'm not a gun person, personally. but i do believe that all sides of the issue need to be focused on and there's other issues that need to be addressed also. mental health checks, access for us. that would be part of the background process. having mental health checks to find out if there's issues within the home. knowing who has these types of weapons. another thing that concerns me is when someone does die who does have weapons. but we're not notified that there are weapons in the home. who takes possession of those weapons for the short term until it's decided who they should go to? then they end up on the streets. so those are the things that i'm concerned about. and i just think that we have to have a really thorough debate about the issue. >> i thoroughly agree with that. and this is a very constructive one, by the way, i think fascina
this cannot be right in a civilized society. >> first of all, piers, it's not that i oppose the ban. what i do support is a more healthy debate about the ban, and whatever our legislature, whether state or federal, comes out with, i will support. i'm not a gun person, personally. but i do believe that all sides of the issue need to be focused on and there's other issues that need to be addressed also. mental health checks, access for us. that would be part of the background process....
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that, of course, was a huge for civil rights, and this has the same kind of scope for civil rights in the u.s.. one judge to watch is anthony kennedy. he was appointed by reagan back in the 1980's, so he is a potential republican, but he has proved to be the swing vote for many important decisions by the supreme court lately. either tipping the supreme court in one direction or the other, and he is the guy who said that the supreme court was potentially entering uncharted waters, so that does not sound like a sweeping measure. then again, adhering sometimes the supreme court judges are very critical, but the outcome, the ruling in the end is very different. >> this all has to do with something called proposition 8. can you explain to us what that is exactly? >> well, it is a california measure, california law that was enacted in 2008 banning same-sex marriage just a couple of months after it was made possible. since then, this law has been overturned by several courts, but those rulings are on hold until the supreme court makes its decision. as of now, it is not possible for gays and
that, of course, was a huge for civil rights, and this has the same kind of scope for civil rights in the u.s.. one judge to watch is anthony kennedy. he was appointed by reagan back in the 1980's, so he is a potential republican, but he has proved to be the swing vote for many important decisions by the supreme court lately. either tipping the supreme court in one direction or the other, and he is the guy who said that the supreme court was potentially entering uncharted waters, so that does...
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he asserted his right to remain silent. and now there is civil litigation pending, involving especially victim number two who you heard talked about in that clip. in a sense by testifying in this way, communicating through the media, he gets to participate, dump evidence into the court of public opinion which will have some effect on the civil proceedings, possibly even influence the appellate court though i doubt it. the bottom line is he gets to give his statement without subjecting himself to a deposition or testimony under oath in a court of law. what a creep. that guy has no guts. this is the coward's way, coward's way to seek justice. i don't think it's going to help at all. >> ann, let me ask you about this victim at the center, victim number two. the person who did the three hour interview with sandusky, it was a long interview, he claims that there were events in 2011 that shed new light on the case altogether. especially when it comes to victim two this was the boy in the shower with sandusky. so here's what ziegl
he asserted his right to remain silent. and now there is civil litigation pending, involving especially victim number two who you heard talked about in that clip. in a sense by testifying in this way, communicating through the media, he gets to participate, dump evidence into the court of public opinion which will have some effect on the civil proceedings, possibly even influence the appellate court though i doubt it. the bottom line is he gets to give his statement without subjecting himself...
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i think this is a basic civil rights issue. and i don't think there is the kind of issue that will divide the court the way some other issues divide the court. >> what is your take on that with prop 8? will it divide the court as some other issues? >> i think it will be divisive. i can't call exactly what the numbers breakdown will be but it is important to note that in the california situation, what you've got is a state that first gave rights to same sex marriage. to gays. and then yanked it away in this proposition 8. and i think that makes it a different case than whether there is a right to same sex marriage nationally and in all the states. here, it looks very much like something that was given was then taken away and maybe because they just don't like gay people. that is the argument. so in that situation, i think we have a very special case. and there is a chance that the supreme court will indeed say you can't do that. you can't first give the rights and take it away. that is different than some other states where they
i think this is a basic civil rights issue. and i don't think there is the kind of issue that will divide the court the way some other issues divide the court. >> what is your take on that with prop 8? will it divide the court as some other issues? >> i think it will be divisive. i can't call exactly what the numbers breakdown will be but it is important to note that in the california situation, what you've got is a state that first gave rights to same sex marriage. to gays. and...
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we are a civil rights movement. i hope they come down on the right side of history guess it is not a matter of if we will be able to marry. this a matter of when will issue be solved. we will eventually because the public is on our side. i thank you. .> that his robin this is diane. her south -- her spouse. she is the granddaughter of a former governor of california. filed an amicus in this case. in the perry case that was heard this morning. i filed it on behalf of the women's rights legal defense and education fund. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> please identify yourselves, each, and make sure you faced the camera. >> my name is charles cooper. i represent the parties -- the parties and their lawyers have now litigated this case for almost four years. thelly, to this point, case as you have seen was presented to the court. penetrating measured questions on both sides and now it is in the hands of the court. we are looking forward to hopefully a prompt response. difficult,this is a controversial issue. >> th
we are a civil rights movement. i hope they come down on the right side of history guess it is not a matter of if we will be able to marry. this a matter of when will issue be solved. we will eventually because the public is on our side. i thank you. .> that his robin this is diane. her south -- her spouse. she is the granddaughter of a former governor of california. filed an amicus in this case. in the perry case that was heard this morning. i filed it on behalf of the women's rights legal...
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king told that the kids the time had come to transition from a civil rights movement to the human rights movement. meaningful equality cannot be achieved through civil rights alone. without basic human rights or the right to work the right to shelter or quality education. so it in honor of dr. king and those who labored to end the old jim crow i hope we will build a human rights movement and mass incarceration. a good job ford jails and with discrimination against people that denies basic human rights to work and shelter and food. what do we do to begin the movement? first, we have got to begin by telling the truth, the whole truth we have to be willing to make it out loud we have managed to recreate a cast like system in this country and we have to be willing to tell the truth in our schools and places of worship and to tell the truth to the reality of what has occurred or what is to come to pass because this does not come with signs. there are no signs today alerting us to the existence of the system of mass incarceration. today they are out of sight and out of mind hundreds of miles a
king told that the kids the time had come to transition from a civil rights movement to the human rights movement. meaningful equality cannot be achieved through civil rights alone. without basic human rights or the right to work the right to shelter or quality education. so it in honor of dr. king and those who labored to end the old jim crow i hope we will build a human rights movement and mass incarceration. a good job ford jails and with discrimination against people that denies basic human...
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, our friends, our loved ones, and they are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship. that includes marriage. >> bill: so sincere. >> she looks like she is making a hostage tape. it looks like anderson cooper and ellen degeneres are off to the side pointing elephant guns at her taking pictures of her. it is so cheesy. it looks so phony. >> bill: almost every politician flip-flops on issues these days they're all evolving. >> she is in favor of every marriage but her own. she is the secretary of state. i want to know more about benghazi and not about bedrooms. i don't need to hear that i need to hear what's going on. >> bill: definitely a flip flop. gutfeld you picked bobby brown used to be married to whitney houston. dopey group 1953. >> voice to men. washed up singer, a druggy, a drunk, for all accounts a loser. got his third dui. went to court. he he was supposed to serve 55 days. got out in nine hours. >> why? >> because they claim as always overcrowding. this only happens though to celebrities. this is what drives me nuts. >> bill: so three dui convictions, mcguir
, our friends, our loved ones, and they are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship. that includes marriage. >> bill: so sincere. >> she looks like she is making a hostage tape. it looks like anderson cooper and ellen degeneres are off to the side pointing elephant guns at her taking pictures of her. it is so cheesy. it looks so phony. >> bill: almost every politician flip-flops on issues these days they're all evolving. >> she is in favor of every...
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if we stay back, they say why aren't you standing up for civil rights. >> guest: absolutely. and i think that is the fate of a superpower, right? it is a catch 22. people want you to deliver for them, but they don't necessarily want to give you what it takes to deliver for others. so it's all about your own, your own interests. and, um, i do quote the this official who say we're kind of damned if we do, damned if we don't. and, you know, the pendulum swings constantly. it's a cyclical thing. look at syria now. people are very, very upset in syria and in the region to some extent and here in the u.s. you listen to senator john mccain, very upset that the u.s. isn't intervening, isn't doing something. there was, you know, perhaps as much upset when the u.s. decided to go to war in iraq. now there's upset because of inaction, and, you know, under the bush administration there was upset because of action. so it's a struggle to find that fine line. >> host: i think it's break time. [laughter] >> guest: great. >> on the go? "after words" is available via podcast. visit booktv.org a
if we stay back, they say why aren't you standing up for civil rights. >> guest: absolutely. and i think that is the fate of a superpower, right? it is a catch 22. people want you to deliver for them, but they don't necessarily want to give you what it takes to deliver for others. so it's all about your own, your own interests. and, um, i do quote the this official who say we're kind of damned if we do, damned if we don't. and, you know, the pendulum swings constantly. it's a cyclical...
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now, while the head of the department of the civil rights in the department of justice and inspector general's report found that inappropriate levels of politicization going on the department of justice in that particular unit another the report does say it predates the obama administration. still, republicans charged that it is too political. what cases they have chosen to bring up against those they have not is really a symptom of his tenure there. we mention he has a hold on the u.s. senate right now in this nomination. he was really involved in the partner justice partisan full-court press to pressure. louisiana secretary of state tamale enforcing one side of the law. the saga specifically benefits the politics and the president in his demonstration at the expense of identity security of each and every louisiana and of the voting rolls. now goes to the senate health committee. if it makes it through that committee it goes on to the full senate for a vote. back to you. adam: much success in stopping the president just yet. is anyone saying that this thing might get stall that actu
now, while the head of the department of the civil rights in the department of justice and inspector general's report found that inappropriate levels of politicization going on the department of justice in that particular unit another the report does say it predates the obama administration. still, republicans charged that it is too political. what cases they have chosen to bring up against those they have not is really a symptom of his tenure there. we mention he has a hold on the u.s. senate...
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tom perez is labor secretary he heads the justice department civil rights division. louisiana senator david vittert said today he will block the nomination because of how the department enforce its state's voting rights laws. he he claims the feds were more interested in registering welfare recipients than removing ineligible voters from the roles. white house says he is enormously qualified be labor secretary. a week after judge shot down plans to control sugary soda sizes. today the mayor announced a proposal that would require stores to keep all toe tobacco products out of sight. it's reportedly an attempt to cut underaged smoking and tobacco use. business owners would have to keep all of it in a drawer or something or under the counter, behind a curtain. no other city or state has such law although canada and some european nations do. remember, the mayor has already spearheaded moves to ban smoking in public places as well as bans on transfats and that soda thing. he has also been a vocal supporter of stricter gun control measures. republican leaders say their pa
tom perez is labor secretary he heads the justice department civil rights division. louisiana senator david vittert said today he will block the nomination because of how the department enforce its state's voting rights laws. he he claims the feds were more interested in registering welfare recipients than removing ineligible voters from the roles. white house says he is enormously qualified be labor secretary. a week after judge shot down plans to control sugary soda sizes. today the mayor...
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rights leader, who was assassinated trying to fight for civil rights in honor of the israeli leader, yitzhak rabin, who was assassinated trying to fight for peace. it's both a symbolic way of the president saying, i deeply understand the israeli struggle, and i also deeply believe that it's worth sacrifice and hard work to continue to fight for peace. quite a way to end his trip. >> quite a way, indeed. jessica yellin, live this morning, thanks for being with us. ahead on "starting point," the nra turning its sights on a new new york gun control law. is this measure unconstitutional? we're going to get reaction from aurora shooting survivor stephen barton. >>> and a 15-year-old girl is trapped when burglars enter her home. >> hey, bring the bucket over here. >> okay, don't talk. >> bring it over here. >> how she survived in her own words. next. you're watching "starting point." [ male announcer ] rita's suitcase got lost a few months back. hi. i got a call today that you guys found my suitcase. we don't have it. you don't even know my name. [ sniffs ] are you wearing my sweater? [ ma
rights leader, who was assassinated trying to fight for civil rights in honor of the israeli leader, yitzhak rabin, who was assassinated trying to fight for peace. it's both a symbolic way of the president saying, i deeply understand the israeli struggle, and i also deeply believe that it's worth sacrifice and hard work to continue to fight for peace. quite a way to end his trip. >> quite a way, indeed. jessica yellin, live this morning, thanks for being with us. ahead on "starting...
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fighting continues, especially in the capital of damascus which is 18 battleground of the country's a civil war. >> the un is pulling half of its 100-member stepped out of that city as the violence increases. >> rebels have been firing mortars right into the heart of damascus. forces hit back, attacking rebel-held areas. so far, the government has held control of central damascus but the capital is now beginning to see the violence that has laid waste to other parts of syria. in the east of the country, the opposition had a setback. the founder of the free syrian army narrowly survived in suspected assassination attempt. he is being transferred to turkey for treatment. off the battlefield, the syrian opposition is being pulled apart by deep political provisions. the head of the coalition resigned on sunday, apparently frustrated by internal power struggles. the recently elected prime minister lacks unanimous backing from within the opposition ranks. these developments are being watched with concern abroad. >> on the one hand, we hope that the opposition pulls together again because any divi
fighting continues, especially in the capital of damascus which is 18 battleground of the country's a civil war. >> the un is pulling half of its 100-member stepped out of that city as the violence increases. >> rebels have been firing mortars right into the heart of damascus. forces hit back, attacking rebel-held areas. so far, the government has held control of central damascus but the capital is now beginning to see the violence that has laid waste to other parts of syria. in the...
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fighting continues, especially in the capital of damascus which is 18 battleground of the country's a civil war. >> the un is pulling half of its 100-member stepped out of that city as the violence increases. >> rebels have been firing mortars right into the heart of damascus. forces hit back, attacking rebel-held areas. so far, the government has held control of central damascus but the capital is now beginning to see the violence that has laid waste to other parts of syria. in the east of the country, the opposition had a setback. the founder of the free syrian army narrowly survived in suspected assassination attempt. he is being transferred to turkey for treatment. off the battlefield, the syrian opposition is being pulled apart by deep political provisions. the head of the coalition resigned on sunday, apparently frustrated by internal power struggles. the recently elected prime minister lacks unanimous backing from within the opposition ranks. these developments are being watched with concern abroad. >> on the one hand, we hope that the opposition pulls together again because any divi
fighting continues, especially in the capital of damascus which is 18 battleground of the country's a civil war. >> the un is pulling half of its 100-member stepped out of that city as the violence increases. >> rebels have been firing mortars right into the heart of damascus. forces hit back, attacking rebel-held areas. so far, the government has held control of central damascus but the capital is now beginning to see the violence that has laid waste to other parts of syria. in the...
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it confirmed by the senate, peretz, who is been head of the justice broaden civil- rights division for three and a half years, will take over the labor department at obama undertake several work oriented initiatives, including an overhaul of immigration laws and an increase in the minimum wage. >> when we come back will wage. >> when we come back will have more on our hello? the words are going this way-there's no way. wage. >> when we come back will have more on our oh, the lights came on. isn't technology supposed to make life easier? at chase we're pioneering innovations that make banking simple. deposit a check with a photo. pay someone with an email. and bank seamlessly with our award-winning mobile app. take a step forward... and chase what matters. >> we are backed at 525. >> taking a look at wall street this morning. do treading shot three indexes in the-this morning. as investors will be looking for the stock market's rebound today. the three major indexes also friday investigators say the biggest is the point was the fender of the dow jones industrial average to continue its
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still it's amazing that only five years ago both clinton and then senator breaux obama both supported civil unions but not marriage rights during the two thousand a primary questions of political expedience aside it's inspiring to see the democratic party that's most powerful members openly stand on the right side of history the bad walmart and wal-mart pushed its way into washington d.c. it promised to provide good jobs for that city's residents so much for that now america's biggest employers are having a campaign to crush a washington city council plan to mandate that all large retail businesses in the city pay their employees and eleven dollars seventy five cents a living wage people of washington and there are likely representatives not wal-mart its corporate cronies make decisions about the economic health of the city wal-mart wants to be in d.c. they should recognize this is just another corporate attempt to hijack our democratic institutions right on d.c. and the very very ugly c.n.n. steubenville ohio rape cases captivated and disturbed our nation such a casual evil should provoke
still it's amazing that only five years ago both clinton and then senator breaux obama both supported civil unions but not marriage rights during the two thousand a primary questions of political expedience aside it's inspiring to see the democratic party that's most powerful members openly stand on the right side of history the bad walmart and wal-mart pushed its way into washington d.c. it promised to provide good jobs for that city's residents so much for that now america's biggest employers...
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the city, i think, tries to deal with issues that once upon a time the state did and there was a time civil-rights, universal rights was the providence of federal government and local government got in the way as we all know in the 60s federal troops escorted african-americans into state and local universities in the south because mayors of places like little rock were a big part of the problem but nowadays that has changed in fundamental ways and i know longer see the central government as a friend of progress toward justice and for real opponent of big money. i see cities as better able to do that and it seems to me big money thinks big government is really the place it wants to operate. the reason big money isn't on the side of the tea party ultimately is they don't need to make big government smaller. they can buy it and own it and put it to their own uses and that is harder to do nowadays in the city's. a quick word. mayor bloomberg, a lot of mayors about whom we can argue, talked about some of the things we have problems, i had problems with bloomberg's change of the city constitution taking
the city, i think, tries to deal with issues that once upon a time the state did and there was a time civil-rights, universal rights was the providence of federal government and local government got in the way as we all know in the 60s federal troops escorted african-americans into state and local universities in the south because mayors of places like little rock were a big part of the problem but nowadays that has changed in fundamental ways and i know longer see the central government as a...